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Eric Scott

I’m a data scientist with ample experience in statistical modeling and the biological sciences. My passion is to implement my knowledge and skills in complex, highly impactful projects.

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Francisco José                             Acosta Espinosa

Data scientist, biologist

Education

MSc in Data Sciences

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Mexico City

2018- -2019

  • Development of machine learning models in R and Python
  • Projects for the analysis of genetic markers and prediction of stock values

MSc in Marine Sciences

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Saudi Arabia

2010- -2012

  • Evolutionary models for marine microorganisms with bayesian methodologies
  • Thesis on the analysis of marine microbial communities

Bachelor degree in Biology

Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Puebla, Mexico

2002- -2007

  • Thesis on the clinical detection of human influenza viruses
  • Graduated with Cum Laude honors

Work experience

Data science internship

Cinépolis

Mexico City

2019

  • Development and implementation of predictive models for movie theater attendance at both global and local levels

Editorial coordinator

Publishing house La Hoja en Blanco

Mexico City

2017- -2018

  • Content creation and editing
  • App and webpage development

Content and style editor

National Center for the Evaluation of Higher Education

Mexico City

2016- -2018

  • Revision, editing and correction of standardized tests for the national teacher’s evaluation

Teaching assistant and graduate researcher

University of Oklahoma

Norman, USA

2013- -2015

  • Genomic and genetic research, focused on microorganisms
  • Development of statistical models for community analyses

Department chief in the                                                                    Direction of Medical Services

Federal Secretariat of Public Security

Mexico City

2008- -2010

  • Database administrator of the chronic viral diseases treatment program for federal prisons

 

 

 

Publications and congresses

Population genetic structure and fitness of Daphnia pulicaria across a pH gradient in three North American lakes

Hydrobiologia, vol. 85, num. 1       doi:10.1007/s10750-017-3316-y

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2017

Billy W Culver & Francisco Acosta

Conference Intra-individual heterogeneity in Prymnesium parvum ITS1 regions and its implications for the biogeography of a recent US invasion

8th Symposium on Harmful Algae in the US

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2015

Dynamics of an experimental microbial invasion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112, num. 37       doi:10.1073/pnas.1505204112

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2015

Francisco Acosta, Richard M Zamor, Fares Z Najar, Bruce A Roe & K David Hambright

Diversity of picoeukaryotes at an oligotrophic site off the Northeastern Red Sea Coast

Aquatic Biosystems, vol. 9, num. 1       doi:10.1186/2046-9063-9-16

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2013

Francisco Acosta, David K Ngugi & Ulrich Stingl

Poster Diversity of picoeukaryotes in the northern Red Sea

14th Symposium of the International Society for Microbial Ecology

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2012

Awards

Second place in the student scientific publication competition of the International Society of Limnology

Award for the article Dynamics of an experimental microbial invasion

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2016

University of Oklahoma Alumni Fellowship

Fellowship for graduate studies

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2013

Jenkins Excelence Scholarship

Scholarship for students with outstanding grades, given by the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation

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2002

References

Dr. Benjamín Gutiérrez García

Assistant professor at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

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Lic. Juan Alberto Nava Cortez

General director of the publishing house La Hoja en Blanco

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Dr. K David Hambright

Biology professor at the University of Oklahoma

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